ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328948
| Date: | Wednesday 18 January 1978 |
| Time: | 15:03 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Frontier Airlines (FL) |
| Registration: | N982FL |
| MSN: | 465 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pueblo Memorial Airport, CO (PUB) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Pueblo Memorial Airport, CO (PUB/KPUB) |
| Pueblo Memorial Airport, CO (PUB/KPUB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight, to check out a newly hired pilot, took off at 13:00. A runway 27 VOR approach was carried out, followed by circling approach and full stop landing on runway 17. The Twin Otter took off again from runway 17 and was seen to attain an extreme nose-high attitude. The aircraft reached a height of 100-150 feet, nosed over and crashed. The flaps were found fully extended in the 30-degree position, while the normal setting for takeoff of 10 degrees.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
check pilot - failed to obtain/maintain flying speed
check pilot - failed to follow approved procedures,directives,etc.
check pilot - misused or failed to use flaps
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO (DEN); September 1977
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